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original publish date: 30th March, 2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n

decades on …<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I’d like to say that I get no joy from pointing out to people who smugly use TLA as an autological acronym that it is not, in fact, an acronym, but I’d be lying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wish I were a better person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I recognise the hypocrisy, with grammatical judgment coming from someone who has (and likely still would) upset every English teacher who ever had the misfortune of marking his work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FTE #1: What is a BPQ? I said I wanted no acronyms in this presentation!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FTE #2: Technically, BPQ is an initialism, not an acronym.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caption: Subtle distinctions are rarely appreciated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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